SERVİYE EFENDİ

SERVİYE EFENDİ was born in Bilecik in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bilecik in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Müvezzi in Hudavendigar, with 137 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Bilecik, the salary going from 137 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Hudavendigar).

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Nakliye Memuru. 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 17 years with a salary the median is 137 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 13 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.57 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.